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Originally Posted by Homeslice
Where are you reading that? I don't see any proof that he discussed OBL's courier under torture.
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I'm talking about the whole system, not just specific incidences of waterboarding. These people underwent rendition, were transferred to Guantanamo Bay as enemy combatants, and underwent interrogation of both the enhanced and standard variety. As a result interrogators received intelligence that eventually led to Bin Laden's death. All of this was criticized by the current administration.
Would interrogators have gotten that intelligence had these people been treated as common criminals? How about if they had been treated as POWs? Would these detainees have given up the information they did if they hadn't been declared enemy combatants and subjected to rendition, "torture", and years of interrogation, none of which would have been allowed if they were treated as criminals or POWs? Did all that convince them our country was serious or did it have no effect?
We will never know the answers to those questions, though I of course have my own opinions on the matter. What we do know is the highly criticized system that was put in place generated part of the intelligence necessary to kill Bin Laden.